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In 2016, Fadnavis and Salman Khan launched a rural medical aid fund.

The Claim

Devendra Fadnavis and Salman Khan jointly inaugurated a room named 'Gram Medical Assistance Fund' at Mantralaya in Mumbai in April 2026 to provide financial aid of up to 2.5 million INR for needy patients across all diseases.

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The Short Version

This claim is fabricated misinformation recycling a real 2016 event with false details. The Maharashtra Chief Minister's Office explicitly labeled the viral "Gram Medical Assistance Fund" claim as fake news. No credible official record, photograph, or contemporaneous report of an April 2026 inauguration exists. The actual event was a 2016 Rural Medical Aid Fund launch by Fadnavis and Salman Khan offering up to Rs. 2 lakh — not Rs. 25 lakh — making the claimed date, fund name, and aid amount all false.

Caveats

  • The Maharashtra CMO explicitly labeled this viral claim as fake news; the 'Gram Medical Assistance Fund' inauguration in April 2026 did not occur.
  • The claim recycles a real 2016 event — a Rural Medical Aid Fund launch by Fadnavis and Salman Khan at Mantralaya — but inflates the aid amount from Rs. 2 lakh to Rs. 25 lakh (2.5 million INR) and falsely dates it to April 2026.
  • The single PIB source appearing to support the claim is contradicted by PIB's own fact-check unit and is likely a fabricated or misattributed URL.

The Receipts

  1. Official Press Releases - Health Department

    Maharashtra Government Official Portal

  2. No Such Event Reported

    Press Information Bureau (PIB)

  3. Gram Medical Assistance Fund launched at Mantralaya

    Press Information Bureau

  4. Fact-check: Viral claim on Fadnavis-Salman medical fund unverified

    The Hindu

  5. No new medical fund launched by Fadnavis, Khan in Maharashtra 2026

    The Hindu

  6. Devendra Fadnavis begins third term as Maharashtra CM by ...

    Times of India

  7. Maharashtra CM, Salman Khan launch rural medical aid fund for poor

    Medical Dialogues

  8. CM Medical Assistance Fund : सावधान! मुख्यमंत्री फडणवीस ...

    Marathi Hindustan Post

  9. Maharashtra Budget Session 2026: CM assures aid for Konkan ...

    Mid-Day

  10. Maharashtra CM vows modern healthcare for all​ - NewsGram

    NewsGram

+ 8 more sources — see the full list on Lenz

Filed Under

Devendra FadnavisGram Medical Assistance FundMantralayaMumbaiSalman Khan

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